Learning, Tech & the Future with Bianca Raby

In this episode, Bianca reflects on a question sparked by International Women’s Day: when did “you can do anything” quietly turn into “you must do everything”? Looking at the rapid shift between her mother’s generation and her own, she explores how equal opportunity opened extraordinary doors for women, but also created new cultural pressures around career, productivity and achievement. Drawing on...

In this episode, Bianca explores the idea that the tools we see as foundational today may not remain at the centre tomorrow. Prompted by recent commentary by Elon Musk suggesting apps could disappear in the age of AI, she reflects on how technologies evolve, integrate, and often fade into the background. Drawing on personal stories and lessons from digital education, Bianca challenges educators an...

In this episode, Bianca reflects on a timely collision of ideas: a rewatch of Utopia , the South Australian Government’s call for submissions on its AI strategy, and a headline warning that Australia is unprepared for the AI future. Drawing on her experience as a business owner who has been adapting to AI in real time, she explores what meaningful AI adoption might look like inside government syst...

In this episode Bianca unpacks what lifelong learning actually looks like beyond the cliché. She shares a real time story of spending three intense hours in the weeds of a tool called Coda, pushing through frustration, resisting the urge to outsource, and feeling the moment where the logic finally clicked.  From that experience, she explores the zone of proximal development, why learning is transf...

As AI becomes part of everyday work, the real question isn’t whether we use it, but how. In this episode, Bianca explores the difference between AI supporting thinking and AI replacing it, focusing on large language models and the growing tension between cognitive offloading and cognitive outsourcing. Drawing on education, writing, and real-world practice, this conversation looks at judgement, ski...

Learning Tech and the Future is a weekly space led by Bianca Raby, lifelong educator, business owner, learning designer and deep thinker, exploring how technology, AI and cultural change are reshaping the way we live, work and learn. Each week, Bianca shares one idea through writing and then unpacks it further in conversation on the podcast. The focus is not on tools for their own sake, but on jud...